conscribo

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈskriː.boː/, [kõːˈs̠kriːboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈskri.bo/, [konˈskriːbo]

Verb

cōnscrībō (present infinitive cōnscrībere, perfect active cōnscrīpsī, supine cōnscrīptum); third conjugation

to enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list)
Synonyms: indicō, dēligō
to draw up or compose

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnscrībō	cōnscrībis	cōnscrībit	cōnscrībimus	cōnscrībitis	cōnscrībunt
	imperfect	cōnscrībēbam	cōnscrībēbās	cōnscrībēbat	cōnscrībēbāmus	cōnscrībēbātis	cōnscrībēbant
	future	cōnscrībam	cōnscrībēs	cōnscrībet	cōnscrībēmus	cōnscrībētis	cōnscrībent
	perfect	cōnscrīpsī	cōnscrīpsistī	cōnscrīpsit	cōnscrīpsimus	cōnscrīpsistis	cōnscrīpsērunt, cōnscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	cōnscrīpseram	cōnscrīpserās	cōnscrīpserat	cōnscrīpserāmus	cōnscrīpserātis	cōnscrīpserant
	future perfect	cōnscrīpserō	cōnscrīpseris	cōnscrīpserit	cōnscrīpserimus	cōnscrīpseritis	cōnscrīpserint
passive	present	cōnscrībor	cōnscrīberis, cōnscrībere	cōnscrībitur	cōnscrībimur	cōnscrībiminī	cōnscrībuntur
	imperfect	cōnscrībēbar	cōnscrībēbāris, cōnscrībēbāre	cōnscrībēbātur	cōnscrībēbāmur	cōnscrībēbāminī	cōnscrībēbantur
	future	cōnscrībar	cōnscrībēris, cōnscrībēre	cōnscrībētur	cōnscrībēmur	cōnscrībēminī	cōnscrībentur
	perfect	cōnscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnscrībam	cōnscrībās	cōnscrībat	cōnscrībāmus	cōnscrībātis	cōnscrībant
	imperfect	cōnscrīberem	cōnscrīberēs	cōnscrīberet	cōnscrīberēmus	cōnscrīberētis	cōnscrīberent
	perfect	cōnscrīpserim	cōnscrīpserīs	cōnscrīpserit	cōnscrīpserīmus	cōnscrīpserītis	cōnscrīpserint
	pluperfect	cōnscrīpsissem	cōnscrīpsissēs	cōnscrīpsisset	cōnscrīpsissēmus	cōnscrīpsissētis	cōnscrīpsissent
passive	present	cōnscrībar	cōnscrībāris, cōnscrībāre	cōnscrībātur	cōnscrībāmur	cōnscrībāminī	cōnscrībantur
	imperfect	cōnscrīberer	cōnscrīberēris, cōnscrīberēre	cōnscrīberētur	cōnscrīberēmur	cōnscrīberēminī	cōnscrīberentur
	perfect	cōnscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnscrībe	—	—	cōnscrībite	—
active	future	—	cōnscrībitō	cōnscrībitō	—	cōnscrībitōte	cōnscrībuntō
passive	present	—	cōnscrībere	—	—	cōnscrībiminī	—
passive	future	—	cōnscrībitor	cōnscrībitor	—	—	cōnscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnscrībere	cōnscrīpsisse	cōnscrīptūrum esse	cōnscrībī	cōnscrīptum esse	cōnscrīptum īrī
participles		cōnscrībēns	—	cōnscrīptūrus	—	cōnscrīptus	cōnscrībendus, cōnscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnscrībendī	cōnscrībendō	cōnscrībendum	cōnscrībendō	cōnscrīptum	cōnscrīptū

Derived terms

Descendants

English: conscribe
Italian: coscrivere
Romanian: conscrie

References

“conscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“conscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
conscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to write a book: librum scribere, conscribere
- to make a will: testamentum facere, conscribere
- to levy troops: milites (exercitum) scribere, conscribere